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Call for Research Participants: Children for a Language Study

Language is the building blocks of literacy. In this project, we aim to find out the relationship between ability to understand from spoken language and text in bilingual children, adolescents, and adults.

91涩漫 researcher, Dr. Gigi Luk at Educational and Counselling Psychology, is looking for children (ages 6-9) and adolescents (ages 12-15) to understand how language and reading are related and develop in bilingual individuals.

Call for Research Participants: University Course Instructors Supporting International Students who are Non-Native English Speakers

Participants needed for research in 鈥淔aculty instructors鈥� academic literacy support for international students鈥� 鈥�

91涩漫 researchers are looking for volunteers to take part in a study examining鈥疷niversity Course Instructors鈥� experience with and support for international students who are non-native English speakers.

Kin Clinic keeps 91涩漫 Community Moving

When pandemic restrictions brought physical classes to a halt, program supervisors quickly rallied to transition the classes to Zoom.

Call for Submissions: Survey on Children's Language Development

Researchers from 91涩漫 and Concordia, including Faculty of Education's Dr. Susan Ballinger (Department of Integrated Studies in Education) are seeking parent insights for research into children's language development in babies and toddlers being raised in bilingual and multilingual families.

Learn more and take the survey here.

Dr. Celena Scheede-Bergdahl Promoted to KPE Senior Faculty Lecturer

Congratulations to Dr. Celena Scheede-Bergdahl who was recently promoted to Senior Faculty Lecturer within the Faculty of Education鈥檚 Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education!

Marie-H茅l猫ne Pennestri, ECP Assistant Professor, Conducts Study on Parents and Sleep

Every new parent knows that their sleep suffers when they have children, and there鈥檚 evidence that may not get better for a while. However, a study led by Marie-H茅l猫ne Pennestri, an assistant professor in the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, on parents and sleep, showed no association between interrupted sleep and later cognitive or physical development problems.

Media Spotlight 鈥� Nancy Heath, ECP, Interviewed on CBC Radio

Dr. Nancy Heath, of the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, was recently interviewed on CBC Radio Noon Quebec with Shawn Apel, about students' needs of social connections and their mental health.

Faculty of Education Infrastructure News

Many of us have not been on campus for some time, and I鈥檓 sure there are new members of our Faculty who have yet to experience life on-campus. Please be reminded that it is still possible to pick up items and conduct small-scale activities on campus, but take note that we require three business days to process requests.

Media Spotlight 鈥� Philip S. S. Howard, DISE, Interviewed in CTV News Article

Philip S. S. Howard, from the Department of Integrated Studies in Education, was recently interviewed in a CTV News article about Canadian Black history and the importance of adding it into the school curriculum, but warns that it should not be a way to avoid confronting what needs to be changed.听

鈥淭hat takes actually identifying and really owning up to the anti-Blackness that is within the founding logics of these entities.鈥�

Media Spotlight 鈥� Dr. Tina Montreuil, ECP, Article in The Conversation

Dr. Tina Montreuil, from the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, recently wrote an article in the national online newspaper The Conversation on parenting in a pandemic and how to develop stronger family relationships during COVID-19.

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Alumni Highlight 鈥� Sam Rapoport, KPE, Interviewed in The Toronto Star

Sam Rapoport, KPE Faculty of Education alumna, was recently interviewed by The Toronto Star for her work in the NFL and how she is revolutionizing America鈥檚 game.

Rapoport鈥檚 successes come in a time of wider progress, of pushing back preconceptions. She has football in her blood, and is working to put more women on a path to the NFL.

Media Spotlight 鈥� Sabrina Jafralie, DISE, Interviewed in CBC News Article

Sabrina Jafralie, is a history teacher at Westmount High School and a lecturer at 91涩漫's Faculty of Education in DISE, was recently interviewed by CBC News for their Black Changemakers Series.

Congratulations to Zhiyang George Shi, KPE, Recipient of the 2020-21 Clifford C.F. Wong Fellowship!

KPE Ph.D. student, Zhiyang (George) Shi, receives the 2020-21 Clifford C.F. Wong Fellowship. This fellowship is valued at $5000 for full-time degree students on the basis of academic merit with preference given to students in specific academic areas.

University students without histories of mental health issues are feeling pandemic distress

It鈥檚 no secret that students have had a very tough time during this COVID-19 pandemic.

A new study by 91涩漫 and the University of Toronto found that students who've never had mental health issues now find themselves in greater distress.

Teen suicide prevention during COVID-19

鈥淪chool or no school, it won鈥檛 matter.鈥�

鈥淵oung people鈥檚 issues are minor compared to those of adults.鈥�